My fiancé has applied for a K-1 fiancé visa last January 31, 2013 & it's been 5 months already and we're still in the first stage of our application. He is a US citizen and I am a UK citizen. We're both eager to be with each other and can't wait to finally be together after spending most of our relationship apart.
Most of our friends who have undergone the same visa application only had to wait for 3 months for the second part of the application to start. We were so worried so he called to ask what's going on. He was told that there is a backlog on the visa application and they are now processing the October applications.
The trouble is that we have settled on a date for our wedding and everything is already set...the venue is booked, 'save the date' cards have been sent and downpayments have been made for our photographer & wedding venue. We have decided to continue on with our wedding this October. If we continue on to get married while the K-1 fiancé visa application is in process, would we be able to convert this into a spouse visa instead? How long will we have to wait for this to be approved?
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no, because the K-1 is a non-immigrant visa, but if you marry, you'd need an immigrant visa. So, if you marry, you void your current petition and would have to start all over again by filing an I-130 immigrant petition.
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The average K-1 takes 8-10 months
if you cancel the K-1 by getting married ..then all the fees paid are lost and he has to return home after marriage ..while you start again with a spousal visa application ...that can take a year
carry on with the fiancée visa